PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, CFs, TERMS
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| Chondr/o | cartilage
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| Arthr/o | joint
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| Inguin/o | groin
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| Pelv/i | pelvis
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| Neur/o | nerve
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| Cephal/o | head
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| Hemat/o | blood
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| Angi/o | vessel
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| Cyt/o | cell
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| Son/o | sound
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| Tom/o | to cut
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| Ped/o | feet, kid
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| Umbilic/o | umbilicus, naval
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| Coccyg/o | coccyx
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| Esthesi/o | sensation
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| Vertebr/o | vertebrae
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| Crani/o | cranium, skull
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| Ili/o | ilium
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| Dist/o | far, farthest
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| Thorac/o | chest
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| Fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue
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| Viscer/o | internal organs
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| Ventr/o | belly, belly side
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| Caud/o | tail
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| Dors/o | back
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| Fluor/o | luminous, fluorescence
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| Sarc/o | flesh
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| Path/o | disease
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| Oste/o | bone
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| Medi/o | middle
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| Append/o | appendix
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| Therapeut/o | treatment
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| Immun/o | immune
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| Later/o | side, to one side
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| Sacr/o | sacrum
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| Vascul/o | vessel
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| My/o | muscle
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| Psych/o | mind
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| Anter/o | anterior, front
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| Cardi/o | heart
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| Lumb/o | loins
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| Spin/o | spine
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| Proxim/o | near, nearest
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| Poster/o | back, behind, posterior
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -osis | abnormal condition, increase
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -gram | record, writing
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -dynia | pain
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| -plasia | formation, growth
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ile | pertaining to
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| -ory | pertaining to
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| -ose | pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening
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| -cele | hernia, swelling
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| -penia | decrease, deficiency
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| -rrhagia | forth
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| -algia | pain
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| -stomy | forming an opening
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| -scope | instrument to view or examine
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| -iasis | abnormal condition
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| -iatry | medicine, treatment
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -desis | binding, fixation
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| -ia | condition
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| -ism | condition
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| -y | condition
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| -plasm | formation, growth
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion
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| -pexy | suspension, fixation
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture
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| -lucent | to shine, clear
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -oma | tumor
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -clasis | to break
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -rrhage | bursting
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -lith | stone, calculus
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| -edema | swelling
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| -toxic | poison
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| -tomy | incision
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| -ectomy | excision, removal
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ician | specialist
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| -ist | specialist
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| -malacia | softening
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| -pathy | disease
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| -opaque | obscure
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| Peri- | around
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| Dys- | bad, painful, difficult
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| Circum- | around
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| Poly- | much, many
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| Sub- | under, below
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| Dia- | through, across
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| Para- | near, beside, beyond
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| An- | without, not
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| a- | without, not
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| hypo- | under, below
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| post- | after, behind
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| hyper- | excessive, above normal
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| supra- | above, excessive
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| Epi- | above, upon
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| Tachy- | rapid
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| Brady- | slow
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| Syn- | union, together, joined
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| Ad- | toward
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| Intra- | in, within
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| Im- | not
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| Neo- | new
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| Infra- | under, below
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| Iso- | same, equal
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| Micro- | small
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| Dipl- | double
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| Endo- | in, within
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| Inter- | between
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| Trans- | through, across
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| Echo- | repeated sound
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| In- | in, not
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| Pseudo- | false
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| Macro- | large
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| Ab- | from, away from
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| Retro- | backward, behind
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| Ultra- | excess, beyond
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| Deep | Away from the surface
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| External | Outside, exterior to
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| Internal | within, interior to
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| Superficial | toward or on the surface
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| Inferior | below; toward the tail
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| Superior | above; toward the head
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| Prone | lying flat on the abdomen with the head turned slightly to the side with arms with above the head and extended or alongside the body
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| Supine | lying flat on the back with arms at the sides or above the head
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| Diaphragm | A thick muscular wall that separated the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
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| barium sulfate | A contrast medium used in diagnostic contrast studies of the gastrointestinal (GI) system.
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| catheter | A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or cavity of the body to inject or remove fluids.
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| coldspot | Light shades of gray on a scan that indicate a decreased uptake of a radiopharmaceutical substance.
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| contrast medium | A substance that is injected into the body, via catheter or swallowed, to facilitate radiographic imaging of internal structures that otherwise are difficult to visualize on x-ray films.
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| hotspot | Darker shades of gray on a scan that indicate an increased uptake of a radiopharmaceutical substance.
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| radiation | Emission of x-rays from a common source; used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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| radioisotope | A radioactive isotope of an element; used for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
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| radiopharmaceutical | Radioactive chemical occurring either as an individual element or as an element attached to another substance called a carrier. It is used in testing the location, sixe, outline, or function of tissues, organs, vessels, or body fluids.
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